Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL in 1184, 60 noblemen died after a wooden floor collapsed in a church, causing them to fall into a "latrine cesspit" (liquid shit) which hadn't been emptied for a while. Their cause of death was drowning.

Toilets of the World

The Erfurt Latrine Disaster

That Time When Sixty Members of Nobility Died in a Latrine Disaster — A blog about toilets

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL there is a cheese called Pantysgawn

Pantysgawn - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL people used to do their laundry in Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park. They would put their clothes in the geyser and it would erupt with clean clothes.

Old Faithful - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that pineapples do not grow on trees, but on the ground

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আনারস অত্যন্ত সুস্বাদু ও পুষ্টিকর ফল। টিনজাত খাদ্য হিস�...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Costco purposefully designed their store without signs to force people to wander through all the aisles and find things to buy. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/09/25/443519599/episode-653-the-anti-store?Ujc #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1eax3gi/til_costco_purposefully_designed_their_store/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL the Abenaki word for "white man" awanoch is a combination of the words awani meaning "who" and uji meaning "from". Thus, the word for "white man" literally translates to "Who is this man and where does he come from?"

Abenaki - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL: you can plant tomato slices in pots and sprout your own tomato plants. #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1eahhls/til_you_can_plant_tomato_slices_in_pots_and/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL pennies and nickels cost more to produce than their face value. The United States has lost nearly half a billion dollars minting pennies and nickels over the past 3 years(2021-2023). https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Annual-Report.pdf #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1eabc2g/til_pennies_and_nickels_cost_more_to_produce_than/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL: Ivan Pavlov of Pavlov’s dogs also experimented on orphaned children which involved drilling a hole in their cheeks and applying electric shocks.

Ivan Pavlov - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that until infant pain was formally recognized in 1987, it was widely assumed that infants didn't feel pain, leading to many undergoing major surgeries without anesthesia.

Pardon Our Interruption

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL despite surviving an assassination attempt while running for president again, Theodore Roosevelt did not win re-election!

Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL Fruit Loops are all the same flavor.

Froot Loops - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL the US federal government wastes 247 billion dollars in taxpayer money each year

CNBC

The federal government wastes at least $247 billion in taxpayer money each year. Here's how

Upwards of $247 billion in taxpayer money was wasted last year, according to estimates by the Government Accountability Office.

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL the meaning of the expression "out of the blue".

GRAMMARIST

Out of the Blue - Idiom, Origin & Meaning

There are various ways to express that something was unexpected, but the idiom out of the blue is one of the most colorful and fun to say. Idioms a...

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that Dr. Benjamin Spock, a pediatrician, wrote the best-selling book of the 20th century, "Baby and Child Care," in 1946. His advice to parents to show affection and see their children as individuals changed how parents raised their kids.

Benjamin Spock - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that Dave Grohl played drums on all of Tenacious D’s studio albums

Tenacious D - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL: Caesar Salad was invented in Mexico by a guy named Caesar

Caesar salad - Wikipedia

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Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL that birth ratios seem to skew towards more females during famine. Mothers in good condition are more likely to give birth to sons, whereas mothers in poor condition are more likely to give birth to daughters. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.10331 #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dfxv4a/til_that_birth_ratios_seem_to_skew_towards_more/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL of an archeological dig site northeast of the Dead Sea in the southern Jordan River Valley that has many striking characteristics to the Biblical city of Sodom. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3 #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dezp4m/til_of_an_archeological_dig_site_northeast_of_the/

Today I learned 1 year ago

TIL the California Avocado Association renamed the Alligator Pear to Avocado in 1915 to better appeal to consumers

Avocado - Wikipedia

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